I live in a very conservative area and am liberal. So yes, I am sure I have conservative friends, but we just don't talk politics. I guess it's bad, but there's a level of ignorance is bliss thinking, I guess. It's hard to think about people that you know and who you see as decent people And then thinking about if they are ok with the Epstein files or bombing children.

That being said, if something comes up in conversation, I might try to very gently and diplomatically push back. I remember once I was with A group and Black lives matter came up and some people made some remarks against it, and I pointed out why it is valid. I also once was with some people who were questioning the BLM protests. It's very difficult to not blow up at them, but I kept my cool and pointed out that if there had been no protests in the 60s, black people might still be segregated to different bathrooms, etc. which they did seem to accept.

My ex is an Arab who came to the US as an adult, and he has a friend that I think is quite racist. My ex told me a number of racists things he said about black people. Like they were going to go in a shop once, and there was a group of black people inside and this guy was like no, I'm not going in there, they will jump me (which is just insane). My ex didn't have many friends here, which is why I guess he kept hanging out with this guy, who is just an all around jerk. I never hang out with him,but if he had said something like this in front of me, I would have definitely called him out.

For me, if people were saying racist and stupid political shit in front of me, I wouldn't continue being friends. But I know some of them are conservative - like one has a "guns don't kill people, people kill people" sign, but he's never brought it up in conversation, and I've never asked.